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Tasers are used most often on the drunk and mentally ill New figures reported today in The Daily Telegraph reveal that Tasers are most likely to be drawn in NSW on...

2August 25, 2009
Ex-police officer (and current liquor exec) wants to ban drunkeness

This article in The Punch this morning perfectly sums up the wrong ideas that some people have about the role...

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1August 25, 2009
No charges after US police taser 76-year-old man

Question: What do you do if a 76-year-old driving a tractor down a country street refuses to stop when you...

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15August 25, 2009
Does Libertarianism have to be right-wing?

It often surprises me how libertarianism has been so effectively adopted by the ‘right-wing’ of politics. David Boaz, the editor of...

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3August 24, 2009
Drunken Hooligans

Wow, remind me never to get into an argument with a nightclub bouncer in melbourne… The Geelong Advertiser reports today...

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4August 24, 2009
Taser International legal challenge

In Taser news, Taser International has launched a legal challenge to overturn the findings of an inquiry into the death...

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4August 24, 2009
Police Powers Promises

So I thought it might be fun for this blog to keep a record of every politician’s promises to increase...

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